ICOS president tells members ‘price will make your quota in future’

MILK quotas are gone, and there’s nothing to be gained from living in the past, according to Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) president Pat McLoughlin.

“There is another way you can make your quota. Price will make your quota in future,” said Pat McLoughlin, speaking to members at the recent ICOS annual conference in Citywest Hotel, Dublin.

“Quotas are gone and there is no point in dreaming on about it. The Government’s goal of increasing dairy production by 50% by 2020 will only be achieved if there is a profit in it for the producer.